The Covid-19 pandemic encouraged me to blog again but I have realised that it has lent heavily towards my technocrat tendencies in areas of topics.…
This is for my friend Elke who reminded me with a tweet that we have to be mindful that many academics are working in difficult…
I have no idea, I just use it to knob about.
I recently got approached about contributing to a publication about being a working class academic, I demurred. The reason is that I feel there is…
So I tried to do stand-up comedy as a lecture.
I’ve recently spent a lot of time in our HR suite conducting job interviews and here are the answers to questions at interview that I…
So on the 1st of January I became an academic manager – my rather grand sounding title at Edge Hill University Business School is Associate…
““Silverfish: “He disappeared a few years ago.””Disappeared? How? said Cuddy.”We think,” said Silverfish, leaning closer, “that he found a way of making himself invisible.””Really?””Because,” said…
Congratulations! you’ve hit the jackpot, you’ve managed to land your first academic post (or hold an offer of a post). Try my handy quiz to see…